- to rack one's brains about
Тетради новых терминов № 6. Англо-русские патентные термины. - М.: Всесоюзный центр переводов. В.С. Попов, Л.А. Горник, А.М. Школьник. 1975.
to rack one's brains about
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rack — rack1 rackingly, adv. /rak/, n. 1. a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack. 2. a fixture containing several tiered shelves, often affixed to a wall: a book rack; a spice rack … Universalium
chew something over — MEDITATE ON, ruminate on, think about/over/through, mull over, consider, weigh up, ponder on, deliberate on, reflect on, muse on, dwell on, give thought to, turn over in one s mind; brood over, puzzle over, rack one s brains about; N. Amer. think … Useful english dictionary
chew over — go home and chew it over Syn: meditate on, ruminate on, think about/over/through, mull over, consider, ponder on, deliberate on, reflect on, muse on, dwell on, give thought to, turn over in one s mind; brood over, puzzle over, rack one s brains… … Thesaurus of popular words
think — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. See thought. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To examine with the mind] Syn. cogitate, reason, deliberate, ideate, muse, ponder, consider, contemplate, deliberate, stop to consider, study, reflect, imagine,… … English dictionary for students
concentrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. distill, condense, consolidate; intensify, fix, aim, focus; converge, center, localize; collect, assemble, gather. See assemblage, convergence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring or come together] Syn.… … English dictionary for students
contemplate — v 1. watch, keep an eye on, keep a vigil, rivet one s eye upon, stare at, gaze at, view, look at; attend, pay attention to, mind, heed; observe, regard, eye, peer, pry; survey, reconnoiter, scrutinize, scan, examine, inspect; witness, see, notice … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
cogitate — v 1. meditate, contemplate, think, cerebrate, put on one s thinking cap, be lost in thought, beabstracted, be absorbed, be immersed, be engrossed, concentrate, focus, put one s mind to; muse, ponder, brood, mull over, dwell on, be in a brown… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
meditate — v 1. devise, contrive, machinate, cabal, plan, scheme, plot, design, Obs. intrigue, Obs. consult; frame, concoct, invent, brew, hatch; purpose, aim, project, destine, intend, mean, have in view; conceive, think up, imagine, fancy, have ideas… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
think — v 1. conceive, imagine, image, picture; ideate, form an image of, think of, dream up; dream, envisage, visualize, make up, conjure, feature; concoct, hatch, brew, fabricate, fashion, form, formulate. 2. meditate, ponder, reason, deliberate;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
thought — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mental activity Nouns 1. thought, thoughtfulness; reflection, cogitation, consideration, meditation, study, lucubration, speculation, deliberation, pondering; head work, brainwork; cerebration; deep… … English dictionary for students
contrive — I. v. a. Devise, plan, design, invent, project, hatch, brew, form, frame, concoct, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out. II. v. n. 1. Scheme, plot, plan, consider, set one s wits to work, rack one s brains, cudget one s brains, strain one s … New dictionary of synonyms
